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Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers: How the Bomb Saved Naval Aviation (Hardcover)
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Hardcover: 316 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (28 Jan 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1560989440
ISBN-13: 978-1560989448
Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 15.9 x 2.3 cm
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,941,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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With the advent of the atomic bomb in 1945 and its impact on strategic thinking, the future of naval aviation looked bleak. Rapid demobilization after the war eliminated many carriers, and most policy makers believed that future wars would be fought with nuclear weapons delivered by land-based aircraft. In "Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers", Jerry Miller traces the struggle of respected naval leaders to promote a different vision and the innovations in the design and engineering of carriers and aircraft that resulted. He argues that the Navy's hard-won nuclear capability played a significant role in ending the Cold War.